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THE WILMA THEATER EXTENDS RUN OF THE INVENTION OF LOVE - 13 PERFORMANCES ALREADY SOLD OUT! For Immediate Release: January 24,
2000 Philadelphia, PA - January 24 - Due to phenomenal presale for THE INVENTION OF LOVE, The Wilma Theater will extend the current run of the show through March 26th with performances Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday at 7:30pm, Friday and Saturday at 8:00pm and Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00pm. Ticket prices range from $32 - $40, with discounts for students and seniors. THE INVENTION OF LOVE, by Oscar-winner Tom Stoppard, explores the life of classical scholar and renowned poet A.E. Housman. Old and infirm, Housman dreams that he is dead. As Charon, the mythical boatman, ferries him across the river Styx, Housman returns to the Oxford of his youth, where he fell in love with the scholarship and with his fellow student Moses Jackson. Stoppard's dream world includes Victorian London, where parliament has made homosexuality a crime, and the French seashore, where Oscar Wilde - convicted of that very crime - is living out his final days. THE INVENTION OF LOVE has been heralded by critics from around the world and has been named one of the "Best Plays of the 1990s" by The Associated Press. "For both glamour and intellectual cachet, nothing is likely to beat the Wilma's production of Tom Stoppard's recent play," wrote The Philadelphia City Paper. The Independent calls The Invention of Love "Excellent... a fantasia-like memory play." And the Guardian calls it "A rich expansive, play... A play that will keep analysts happy for years!" The Times of London says, "...now the Stoppard heart is ticking almost more strongly than that famously formidable organ, the Stoppard brain." Tickets can be purchased by calling 215.546.7824 or online at www.wilmatheater.org. ###
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